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...global movement for decades. Not only is breast milk considered by Unicef and many others to be the most nutritious food for babies, containing important antibodies and changing its composition as a baby grows, but studies have shown breastfeeding also has clear economic benefits for families over using milk formula products. (See seven iPhone apps for new moms...
...Through events like Friday's Synchronized Breastfeeding Worldwide, advocates like Henares-Esguerra have helped make the Philippines, which has one of Asia's highest birthrates, one of the leaders in the international legal effort to support women's right to breastfeed. Aimed at controlling aggressive marketing of formula-milk companies, particularly in developing nations, pro-breastfeeding laws target corporate practices like sponsoring maternity-related events, giving out formula samples to new mothers, and indicating on labels and advertising that their products make babies smarter. "Breastfeeding can save the lives of both mothers and infants. It may be the single most...
...American - figures, such as Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Preceding Palin as top-of-the-bill speakers on Monday and Tuesday were the Harvard financial historian Niall Ferguson and Robert Fisk, a veteran British correspondent in the Middle East. "Our speakers do not fit a specific formula," says Wheeler. "We just want to present our forum with newsmakers, with people who think outside the box. We want to air their virgin views...
Coke's climb in India follows years of turbulence. It was the leading soft-drink brand from 1958 to 1977, when India's business environment turned nationalist. After the government demanded that Coke reveal its formula and become a minority owner, the company bolted. Pepsi jumped into India in 1988 as a joint venture with a state-owned enterprise and Voltas, part of the Tata Group conglomerate. In Coke's absence, the company gradually accumulated market share...
There's never a good time for scandal, but the departure Sept. 16 of two bosses from the Renault Formula One team over allegations the team had instructed one of its drivers to deliberately crash in a race last year couldn't have come at a worse time for the sport. In the wake of a threatened walkout by teams fuming at new cost-cutting rules, public squabbling over Formula One's leadership and an episode of spying, the latest revelation could tar the image of motor sport's blue-ribbon event irreparably. The collision by Renault's Nelson Piquet...